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A Slap at Employment Law? A Look at the Impact of Texas Citizens Participation Act in 2017

In the last year, Texas courts have pursued an expansive view of the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), a law that, generally speaking, is designed to protect the free expression rights of ordinary citizens.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I have been reading your columns and I note you always call law a profession. In reality, law is really a business now. Professionalism is secondary. Do you agree?
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How to Prepare Your Company's Litigation Story

An effective litigation story follows the same literary rules as any compelling story, with two notable differences. Like other stories, a litigation story has characters, setting, plot and conflict, and resolution. The critical differences is that the litigator's story must be based on actual admissible evidence, and must be legally sound and persuasive.
15 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Grit: The Secret Ingredient of Success in Your Career and Beyond

The first time I heard the word “grit” was in the title of a 1969 movie, “True Grit,” the story of 14-year-old Mattie Ross, who hires Rooster Cogburn, a tough, aging, alcoholic U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer and goes with him on the quest.
14 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How to Prepare: The Nuts and Bolts of Creating a Litigation Story

The late U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan often reminded his Senate colleagues that “everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own facts.” Had Sen. Moynihan been a trial attorney, his mantra would have likely been, “in litigation, attorneys are entitled to rely on their own reading of the facts, but the only opinions that actually mater are those of the judge and jury.”
27 minute read

The Recorder

Should I Include My GPA on My Resume?

Employers who hire legal professionals do not expect a candidate's numerical GPA to be included on the resume. Nor do they assume that if the GPA is missing from the CV the grades are subpar or a candidate is engaging in funny business.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Matter of the Application of the City of N.Y.,” a case of interest given the importance of the “project influence rule” and the proliferation of developments which utilized transfers of air rights.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lender's Choice in Naming Defendants Under Assault

In his Foreclosure Litigation column, Bruce Bergman discusses "NYCTL 2012-A Trust v. Phillip" and examines what precisely the case said, how might the ruling create problems, and what are the maxims urging that the holding may be off the mark?
14 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What Is a Litigation Story? Advice for GCs Preparing Their Company's Litigation Strategy

If after two months into a new case outside counsel is unable to clearly articulate a thoughtful, unique, and convincing litigation story about the case, you should find a new attorney. Successful trial lawyers are master storytellers.
19 minute read

The Recorder

Massive Data Breaches Boost Demand for Cyber Insurance

Cyber security risks have become more significant as we store more consumer financial and health information in electronic form. Hardly a week goes…
9 minute read

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